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After Idi Amin came to power in 1971, he declared "economic war" on the Indians, culminating in the Expulsion of Asians in Uganda in 1972. Since Amin's overthrow in 1979 some Asians have returned. There are between 15,000 and 25,000 in Uganda today, nearly all in the capital Kampala.
Katie Davis Majors is an American missionary and author who established a mission in Jinja, Uganda in 2007. [2] Her work led to the founding of a school and provision of other services in Jinja, which now operate under the auspices of the Tennessee-based not-for-profit, Amazima Ministries International (AMI).
She was an independent women's representative for Sheema District in Uganda's ninth Parliament (2011-2016). In the 2021 general election , she was re-elected as women's representative for Sheema District, this time standing on the National Resistance Movement ticket.
It was founded as a result of the "Uganda Broadcasting Corporation Act, 2004", which merged the operations of Uganda Television (UTV) and Radio Uganda. It started broadcasting on November 16, 2005. [1] The Uganda Broadcasting Corporation Act stated that the UBC should be funded by the levying of a television licence fee.
In the 1890s, 32,000 labourers from British India were recruited to East Africa under indentured labour contracts to construct the Uganda Railway. [3] Most of the surviving Indians returned home, but 6,724 decided to remain in East Africa after the line's completion. [4]
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He is also the first chief rabbi of Uganda. [14] In February 2016 he was elected as a Member of Parliament in Uganda representing Bungokho North outside of Mbale. [15] A new synagogue, Stern Synagogue, named after Ralph and Sue Stern, Jewish Americans who contributed $100,000, now has replaced the small Moses Synagogue on Nabugoye Hill as of 2017.
Shakila Rahim Lamar, is a Ugandan businesswoman, public relations professional and corporate executive who was appointed as Head of Public Relations and Corporate Affairs at Uganda Airlines, the national carrier of that country, effective December 2021. [1]